The official release of Windows XP Service Pack 3 may be just a few days away, but it is already receiving a large numer of post-instalation complaints. Apparently, the up-date causes a series of problems, from random blue-screens to continuous reboots.

The reason why you end up in the endless rebooting scenario is SP3 causes the computer to crash during boot, and Windows XP, by default, is set up to automatically reboot when it crashes.

The easiest solution is to go to safe mode and disable the “automatic restart on system failure” option.

Installation of the XP SP3 will not allow you to downgrade from Internet Explorer 7 to IE 6.

So, before you install XP SP3, think carefully.

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Oh no, not again! Well, better upgrade soon or get risk of losing your blog. Thanks WordPress. Keep the upgrade coming.

Version 2.5.1 of WordPress is now available. It includes a number of bug fixes, performance enhancements, and one very important security fix. We recommend everyone update immediately, particularly if your blog has open registration. The vulnerability is not public but it will be shortly.

In addition to the security fix, 2.5.1 contains many bug fixes. If you are interested only in the security fixes, you can download these corrected copies of wp-includes/pluggable.php, wp-admin/includes/media.php, and wp-admin/media.php. Replace your existing copies of these files with these new copies.

If you download the entire 2.5.1 release, you will be getting over 70 other fixes. 2.5.1 focuses on fixing the most annoying bugs and improving performance. Here are some highlights:

• Performance improvements for the Dashboard, Write Post, and Edit Comments pages.
• Better performance for those who have many categories
• Media Uploader fixes
• An upgrade to TinyMCE 3.0.7
• Widget Administration fixes
• Various usability improvements
• Layout fixes for IE

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